Entertainment News Today, April 27: Subhash Ghai says it was Sanjay Dutt himself who asked him to work on the sequel to Khal Nayak. The director has also decided to remake his debut film Kalicharan starring Shatrughan Sinha.

Talking to the daily, the director revealed that it was Sanjay himself who promoted him to write a sequel to his 1993 hit film. Khal Nayak was the story of a criminal who falls in love with an undercover cop named Ganga, kills his mentor and surrender himself to absolve Ganga. The film was loved by the audience and gave Dutt the role of a lifetime as he appeared in his signature song Nayak Nahi Khal Nayak Hun Main. Ghai revealed that the sequel is going to begin where the original film ended. He said, “For the last six-seven months we have only been creating content and now, I’m ready with two bound scripts—a sequel to Khal Nayak and a remake of my first directorial, Kalicharan. Part 2 (of Khal Nayak), which took us two years to script, starts with Ballu coming out of prison. It will also feature a younger villain.” Also Read - Sanjay Leela Bhansali to Bring Salman Khan And Shah Rukh Khan Together in a Film Based on Subhash Ghai's Saudagar?